The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-17

lanu was not Win Jue party HdNluB sep
arated from it at Albany to go to Oswego,
N. Y, and visit her friend, Mss Kings
ford, for a week or two.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A TORNADO swept over part Of Illinois
on the 7th, destroying a number Of build
ings and seriously damaging crops.
Frederick Hermann, the man who beat
his wife almost to death, and cut the
throats of his child and himself at Pitts
burgh, Pa, was still living on the 9TH, but
his case is considered hopeless. His wife
will probably recover.
ROBERT NICHOLS was convicted Of may
hem at Kansas City, Mo, on the 9TH, and
was sentenced to twelve years in the
peniteatiary. April p, in a saloon fight,
he bit of a part Of Philip Welch's ear
while the two were clinched, and, in the
excitement of the moment, swallowed it.
THE saloon and dwelling-house OF
George Mas IN, cOlored, at Nicholasv1lle,
KY, was blown up on the morning of the
TIN by a dynamite bomb. His family oc-
cupled the upper story, but escaped uu-
hurt. An old grudge existed between
Mason and others, and to this is attribut-
ed the motive for the outrage.
TIE monthly fire record places the
losses for May at S1063O, 500. These fig
ures are S1,5O0OO) larger than the aver
age figures for May during the past
twelve years, and larger than those Of
May, 1886, by S3,635 so. The total fire
waste for the five months of 1887 amount
to Sol, $50, 800 against S4A A15O,OO0 for the
CORES spOnding period of 1885 The losses
do not include forest fires.
Tue evidence against the alleged Nc
Neill (Tex.) train-robbers failed and they
have all been discharged.
OK the Sth an explosion OF fre-damp oc-
Cured in coal pit at Geisenl1irchem, in
VHrr -
ported killed. Over forty bodies have been
recovered.
OK the sth Charles D. Spencer, one of
the best known men in Dakota, was in-
dicted at Pierre, by the grand-jury on the
charge of cattle stealing.
Ok the Sth the dwelling OF A. Brown, at
Bradford, Ont, was burned. Four small
children, all under ten years of age, per-
ished in the hames- The parents, with
baby, barely escaped with their lives
In the case of Adolph Reich, at New
York, who confessed that he had killed
his wife, but claimed that it was done in
self-defense, the jury brought in YER
dict of murder in the first degree with a
recommendation to mercy.
On the morning Of the Sth J. w. Viii te,
a prominent resident of Wyoming, Pa,
while attempting to ford the Susque-
hanna river at Forty Fort, was drowned
His body was found
THE German bark Elsa from Viii ming
ton, N. c., April 90, for London, was
picked up in the English channel and
tOwed to Dun geness, where she sank. 1t
is supposed she was dana ged by COLI
sion. Nothing is knswn of her crew.
FREDERICK HERMAN, the religious fan
attic who murd cred his child, tried to kill
his wife and then cut his own throat at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9th, died at the
West Penn hospital on the 9th. Mrs. Herr
mans condition is still serious, but she
will recover.
A CONFLICT occurred on the 9th between
strikers and miners employed at the
Grassy Island mine and three strikers
were shot The Grassy Island mine is
operated by Simpson & Watkins, Of
Scranton, Pa, and is located near WintOn,
nine miles north of the city.
GEORGE w. LYNCH, secretary of the
Tenth Street Crosstown railroad Zone of
Jacob SharPe's roads). was indicted by
the New York grand jury on the 9th for
embrscery. He is the man who, it IS
stated, requested a Mr.. Raymond to see
Juror Smith and try to influence him in
favor of Sharpe.
JOSEPH ii. CoRBETT, assistant city clerk,
at Cleveland, o., was arrested on the 9th
on a charge Of forgery in connection with
the will of an aged woman who died a
few months ago. He was placed in Jail,
but was released shortly afterward on
bail The affair causes great excitement
in political circles.
AN engine and seven freight cars,
which left Jersey City on the morning of
the 9th, went through the draw of the
Newark Bay bridge on the Central New
Jersey roal En- yineer Emily had his
leg broken in jumping to save his life.
SEVERE shocks Of earthquake have oc-
Cured at Vernome, in Turl1estan. The
town was almost entirely destroyed. One
hundred and twenty persons were killed
and 125 were injured.
THE extensive wire goods factory of the
Fred ]. Meyer Manufacturing Company,
at Covington, KY, was partially de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th. Loss, $3),C0O;
covered by insurance.